Different levels of work-related stress and the effects on sleep, fatigue and cortisol

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 277-285

  Dahlgren, Anna ^a   Kecklund, Göran ^a   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Sleepiness; Workhours

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 24144435352     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.883     Document Type: Article

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